Question 9. "What numerals are used by the Tsalagi, give the names of
number to 10,in letters, & the ciphers? Do they count decimally or
how?'
For the answer to this question I must refer Professor R. in part to the
table of numbers contained in the second number or your paper, which I presume
he has received. By examining that table he will perceive that the Cherokees
count by tens, hundreds, and thousands. Their number terms are simple
as far as ten. Thence to nineteen they add to one, two, &c., the syllable
s, tu, with a variation of the simple term for the sake of euphony. Twenty,
thirsty, &c to 90 are formed by the combination of two, three, &c.
with ten. Above twenty to twenty-nine they add the termination (Cherokee
symbols) to the simple terms one, two &c. Above thirty-nine they add
to the same simple terms the termination (Cherokee symbols) Ga-li, and the same
above forty to forty-nine, & so on to ninety-nine, prefixing, however, in
every instance above thirty-nine, the decimal number. The term denoting
one hundred is formed by adding (Cherokee symbols) a-sko-hi ten, the syllables
(Cherokee symbols) tsu-qui; and each decimal number between one and two hundred
by adding the same termination to (Cherokee symbol) sa-du eleven &c. thus
(Cherokee symbol) eleven, (Cherokee symbol) one hundred and ten; wws ta la du,
twelve, (Cherokee symbol) one hundred and twenty. Any number of hundreds
less than ten is formed by adding the termination (Cherokee symbol) to the simple
numbers two, three &c. to nine; thus (Cherokee symbol) ta-li two, (Cherokee
symbol) two hundred. Between thousands any number of hundreds may be expressed
either by eleven, twelve, &c. followed by (Cherokee symbol) i-ya-tsu-qui,
as (Cherokee symbols) eleven hundred, or by adding to the number of thousands
the excess of hundreds. In the later case they add the term (Cherokee
symbols) wi-du-na-tlv-di, which denotes addition; thus (Cherokee symbols) a-ga-yv-li
ta-li-tsu-qui wi-du-na-tlv-di, one thousand and two hundred. (Cherokee
symbols) signifies a thousand, (Cherokee symbols) ta-li-iii-ya-ga-yv-li two
thousand &c. They have also a term for million, which is (Cherokee
symbols)a-ga-yv-li-ya, a real thousand, by(sic) it is not universally known,
and (Cherokee symbols) a thousand thousand is better understood.

Question 10. "I send you a short vocabulary of the Language spoken
by Apalachi, Timuaca or Yamasi in 1640; please to compare the words with the
Tsalagi, and point out those which have a resemblance, or give the corresponding
Tsalagi words."

Ans. There are no words in the vocabulary which bear any resemblance
at all to the corresponding Cherokee words. I however annex the vocabulary,
with the Cherokee words in a parallel column.

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